ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
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Cryptops ruficeps Pocock, 1894

Original description: Pocock R.I. (1894). Chilopoda Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. In: Weber M. (ed.), Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien - E.J. Brill, Leiden, 3: 307-404, see p. 325.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Cryptopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: Sumatra, Singkarah

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1930). Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 54: 1-308, see p. 234.

Distribution:

-- within Asia-Tropical: Sumatera

Notes: A dubious species according to Attems (1930 - Tierreich)